AN ACT to implement the recommendation of the house interim committee on providing an appropriate education for students on long‑term suspension to direct the state board of education to determine whether teacher preparation programs should require courses in diversity training, anger management, conflict resolution, and classroom management.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The State Board of Education shall determine whether teacher preparation programs should require courses in diversity training, anger management, conflict resolution, and classroom management. The State Board shall report its findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by December 15, 2004.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 2004.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 2:17 p.m. this 17th day of July, 2004